Pathaam Valavu

Pathaam Valavu ( trad. The Tenth Curve ) es una película de suspenso y crimen en idioma indio malayalam de 2022 dirigida por M. Padmakumar, escrita por Abhilash Pillai y protagonizada por Suraj Venjaramoodu en el papel principal con Indrajith Sukumaran , Ajmal Ameer , Aditi Ravi , Swasika y Twinkle Joby. ^{[ 1 ]} El guión de la película fue escrito por Abhilash Pillai, quien también escribió Night Drive (2022), también protagonizada por Indrajith Sukumaran. ^{[ 2 ]} Aditi Ravi interpreta a una madre en la película. ^{[ 3 ]} Ajmal Ameer regresa al cine malayalam con esta película después de una pausa. ^{[ 4 ]}

El subinspector M. Sethunath está ansioso por tomarse un permiso para el parto de su esposa Suja. Tiene 43 años y los dos primeros embarazos de Suja terminaron en abortos espontáneos. Él y su familia están sumamente preocupados. El día en que debía comenzar su permiso, su superior, Shihab Ali, le pide que localice y capture a Solomon, quien se encuentra en libertad condicional y no ha regresado después de la fecha de su reingreso. Siendo un oficial honesto y directo que prioriza el deber, acepta la tarea sin dudarlo. Sethu va a la casa de Solomon, pero este huye. Más tarde ese mismo día, Solomon intenta matar a un hombre, pero es golpeado por la gente. Sethu llega al lugar y arresta a Solomon.

On the way back to the police station, they halt at a local teastall. While they were having tea, the teastall owner who knows Solomon very well, narrates his story to the police. He was an orphan and a well loved man in his village. He had fallen in love with a Hindu girl Seetha, and they both had eloped and gotten married. They had a daughter named Lachumol. One day during the local church festival, Lachu goes missing. The next day, Lachu's corpse is found, and the postmortem report tells that she was raped before death. The villagers assume that Head Constable Varadhan, who had wanted to marry Seetha was the culprit. SI Antony asks Varadhan to take time off as only he had a problem with Solomon and everyone is under the impression that he killed Lachu and for that reason villagers might attack him. With a heavy change of heart, Varadhan decided to investigate the case unofficially by himself. He finds out that the culprits are two drug addict youngsters, and they had committed the crime while under influence. Overcome with guilt and being responsible for Lachu's death, Varadhan tells Anthony that he had started a fight with Solomon on the festival and that if he hadn't started it, then Seetha might have been with Lachu. The court acquits the accused due to lack of evidence as the police also helps them.

Seetha tells Solomon that she wants both the culprits to be killed. Solomon kills one of them in front of the court but gets captured by their friends and relatives. Solomon is sent to jail. Now that he is out on parole , he tells Sethu that this would be his only chance to kill the second guy . But Sethu doesn't listen to him and takes him to the jail . Meanwhile, Suja delivers a baby girl.

After Sethu returns from his time off, he visits Solomon in prison. Sethu tells Solomon that he does not have to worry about revenge anymore as the second guy is also dead . Sethu hands over a news paper report of a bike accident in which that youngster was killed. Solomon says that during his last 4 years in prison no God heard him and now if his prayers are answered, then that must be by someone who is also a father of a girl. Sethu silently walks away. In a flashback, it is shown that Sethu had killed that guy by running his official jeep over him after knocking him down from his bike, avenging Lachu's death.

Solomon gets released from jail after serving his term and reunites with Seetha who had been waiting for him.

The film began production in August 2021. The film had its theatrical release on 13 May 2022^[5][6] and OTT release through ManoramaMAX on 22 July 2022.^[7]

The film is also available in Hindi & Marathi language dubbed versions currently streaming on Ultra Play & Ultra Jhakaas app respectively.

Music by Ranjin Raj.^[8]

V. Vinod Nair of The Times of India rated 3/5 and opined that "Patham Valavu can be a one-time watch with an interesting twist".^[9] Fair Maithutty of The News Minute wrote that "Pathaam Valavu is underwhelming".^[4]

• Pathaam Valavu at IMDb
• Pathaam Valavu (Hindi) at Ultra Play
• Pathaam Valavu (Marathi) at Ultra Jhakaas